In the novel “Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck, the theme of broken dreams and false hope is expressed greatly. Steinbeck conveys the difficult conditions of living as a migrant worker, and the harsh society at the time. Dreaming and hoping is part of human nature, everyone at one point had a goal, or a dream. In the end many give up their dreams or realise that they are not realistic and they continue their life as a migrant worker, going from place to place. The life of a migrant worker is very difficult, they have to overcome many obstacles. Migrant workers work at a job for a while and quit when they find a better one. They live in loneliness and isolation. All of them are driven by the same thing, the American dream “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”. Many of them get distracted with other things. For others, the way the society works or even forces
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Lennie here’ll quit an’ be on the road in two, three weeks. Seem like ever’ guy got land in his head.’” (83) George Milton, the protagonist of the novel, had a dream of owning his own land and being able to do so with his friend Lennie. Lennie Small’s main goal was to tend the rabbits on their own little farm. George and Lennie believed that their dream of owning their own land and tending their own animals would come true. As George states, “With us it ain’t like that. We got a future. We got somebody to talk to that gives a damn about us. We don’t sit in no bar room blowin’ our jack jus’ because we got no place else to go. If them other guys gets to jail they can rot for all anybody gives a damn. But not us.” George and Lennie believe that their dream can be realized because they have something that the other migrant workers lack. They know that the other workers will go out and spend all their money that they earned for that month, on something to cope with their loneliness. Their hope on their dream is based on this knowledge that they
Lennie here’ll quit an’ be on the road in two, three weeks. Seem like ever’ guy got land in his head.’” (83) George Milton, the protagonist of the novel, had a dream of owning his own land and being able to do so with his friend Lennie. Lennie Small’s main goal was to tend the rabbits on their own little farm. George and Lennie believed that their dream of owning their own land and tending their own animals would come true. As George states, “With us it ain’t like that. We got a future. We got somebody to talk to that gives a damn about us. We don’t sit in no bar room blowin’ our jack jus’ because we got no place else to go. If them other guys gets to jail they can rot for all anybody gives a damn. But not us.” George and Lennie believe that their dream can be realized because they have something that the other migrant workers lack. They know that the other workers will go out and spend all their money that they earned for that month, on something to cope with their loneliness. Their hope on their dream is based on this knowledge that they